Why was there such a backlash to the Snyder Cut movement?

Why was there such a backlash to the Snyder Cut movement? Jun 20, 2020 2:45:38 GMT

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Post by blockbusted on Jun 20, 2020 2:45:38 GMT

Jun 20, 2020 1:27:27 GMT moviebuffbrad said:

Jun 19, 2020 18:56:04 GMT judgejosephdredd said:

I won't deny that there are some fans out there who are absolutely unhinged mentality - but you can find those in every fan base to be perfectly honest - but most of the people I have seen wanting to see Snyder's version of Justice League are pretty fair minded and their reasoning for it being released commercially have good intentions. Some are annoying, sure, but a lot of that came out of arguments with people who either said it never existed or would never be released, and those who made up lies about Zack Snyder and his family; saying he hates women, that he is a bad father, etc.

Just curious thought, if you don't mind me asking what makes Zack Snyder's deconstruction of, say, Superman unforgivable and disgusting but Rian Johnson's deconstruction of Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi a breath of fresh air? Just curious, as we talked about that movie not too long ago and I've noticed you are not too keen on Zack Snyder's treatment of DC on film.

Calling him a bad father is pretty shitty. I also think it's clear he likes women. Perhaps he can oversexualize them, but he did make the female leads of Dawn of the Dead, 300, and Watchmen stronger than their originals. If anything, he hates gay men. But yeah, I know there's good and bad on both sides. Just seems the bad of DC fans are worse than others, and I say that as a DC fan.

I think the difference in Snyder's depiction of superheroes and Johnson's depiction of Luke is tone. TLJ is sympathetic to Luke's character - it builds on themes from Lucas' prequel trilogy that the Jedi were arrogant and fell due to their own hubris - but ultimately it shows his nihilistic attitude is wrong and he must step up at the end. Snyder on the other hand worships and ferishizes the grizzly violence of his superheroes. Snyder essentially said Batman's No Kill rule is for "virgins", and he'll misconstrue scenes from the comics to back up Batman being a sadistic prick. It's apparent that Superman fucking up Metropolis was repurposed as bad in BvS. No one comments on the collateral damage in MoS itself, and Supes is back to destroying shit in BvS, the areas are just conveniently "abandoned". Snyder and his fans bent over backwards defending the Zod kill, Snyder basically saying that's when Superman decides never to kill again. Then, first 15 minutes of BvS: he drives an African warlord through 8 walls. I think any "deconstruction" is probably just reading too much into things. Snyder, director of 300, just likes his badass killers.

I think the real biggest problem with The Last Jedi might be that it feels like an anthology film that somehow managed to find its way to the main series. I personally thought the film was good, or even great on its own, but I can certainly see why some people were not happy about it even without the whole BS pulled off by alt-right cronies. I almost feel like Rian Johnson and Gareth Edwards should've switched places.